calm and at so Ali said, “The elders of Medina have requested me to ask you to either weep at night or during the day.” Fatima replied, “O Abul Hasan! My life among these people is very short, and soon I will be departing. By God! I will constantly weep until I unite with my father the Prophet Imam Ali responded, “You are at liberty, you may do as Imam Ali then built a house for his wife, Fatima, at the cemetery of al-Baqi’, far away from the houses of the people and named it bayt al-ahzan (the house of sorrows). Everyday, Fatima would dispatch her young children, Hasan and Husayn, to go to al-Baqi’ and she would then proceed towards the tiny house of sorrows. There, she would Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration sit and weep among the graves, and when night came, Imam Ali would come and take them all back home. During the final days of her life, Fatima’s tears constantly flowed due to the pain of separation from her father and her heart yearned in his remembrance. She would say to her sons, Hasan and Husayn, “What happened to your father (meaning the Prophet) who cherished you so much? The one who sat you upon his back and was most affectionate towards you, where is he? What happened to your father who did not allow you to even place your feet upon the earth but rather, always She remained grief-stricken, remembering the sweet voice of the Prophet as he used to recite the Quran which she would hear until late in the night. Fatima al-Zahra would come to her father’s grave and recite poetry saying, “Such sorrows poured upon me that if they had descended upon the days they would have turned the Lady Zahra would also be heard saying, “When someone dies, his remembrance lessens day by day, but by God the remembrance of my father increases everyday; I remember that death has made a separation between us, I console myself upon; then I say to myself that death is our path; and if one does not die today, then he will die Historians relate from Umme Salama, the wife of Abu Rafi’ that she said, “During the last days of the life of Fatima, I was taking care of her. One day, her health was good and her illness lessened. Her husband Ali went out to finish some work and during this time, Fatima told me, ‘Bring me some water so that I may take a bath and purify myself.’ I brought the water and helped Fatima. She stood up and took a bath and changed her clothes. She then said to me, ‘Spread my bed in the middle of the room.’ Saying this, she lied down on the bed facing the qiblah and said to me, ‘I will leave this world today, I have purified myself and no one should uncover my face.’ Saying this she put her hand underneath her head and When the women in the house realized that Fatima al- Zahra passed away they told the young boys Hasan and Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration